Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-29
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Orders and Propositions de Old
State House i'm City of New Ha.
ven, providing for submission
to Popular Vote, December 6.


ORpERED, By the Court Of Common Council Of
sixth day of Deeember, A. D. 1857, the following
propositions shall be submitted to the registered
Proposition FirstEThe State House building
shall be removed from the Greent or Public Square.
at the expense of the city, as soon as may be prac
shall be repaired by the city at expense not to
exceed thirty thousand dollars, practica-
troll and direction of the Court of Common Council
as that body may determine and prescribe.
At said election each registered freeman may de-
posit ballot in favor of one of said propositions.
Such ballots shall bear, respectively, upon their
movai of State House First Proposition;'D and For
Repairs Of State House (Secend Proposition.'1
and return ID in The saTne mannep as Votes for c
officers. That proposition which shall be found to
have received the largest number of votes shall be
+ is hereby further ordered That the Police Com
at each voting place in this city said election
additional ballot box, in which the ballots to be
And it shall be and is hereby made the duty of the
City Auditor provide at each voting place said
number of printed ballots of each Of the kinds and
in FORM as hereinbefore prescribed, for the use of
And it is hereby further ordered, That in the
event Of the adoDtion of the said First Proposition
(For Removal of State House, it shall be and is
hereby made the duty Of the Board of Public
Works OF the City of New Haven, to advertise on or
less than three of the daily newspapers of this city
for sealed proposals for the taking down and COM
House or before the first day of July A. D. 1888;
the contract for said taking and removal to be a.
the Judgment of said Board of Public Works, and
in the event of there being acceptable bids, the
and empowered to contract for the taking down
and removal of said State House upon such terms
the expense of such taking down and removal shall
be paid by the City of New Haven, by special tax
sum not exceeding SIS, coo.
And it is hereby furthered ordered. That in the
(For Repairing said State House), the Court OF
Common Council of said City of New Haven, to-
city majority of them, shall as soon as practi-
cable after the adoption OF the said Second Propo
sition) determine upon the repairs necessary to
be made within and upon said state House building
to fit and prepare it, so far as may be done without
uses. as in said secoDd Propositon m
And the said Coart of Common Council, Mayor and
Auditor are authorized to make and execute con-
tract or contracts for the making of said repairs;
they are also authorized to empty architects
skilled mechanics to submit details and estimates
81 repairs s and to prepare rep plans and
to be made in said building the better to adapt it to
And in the event of the adoption of the Second
Proposition, it is hereby made the duty Of said
based on the Grand List Of the Town of New Hae
ven, next last completed, sufficient to raise a
not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, for making
such repairs and for all other costs and charges
connected Herewith.
The foregoing orders and propositions shall be
published in each of the daily newspapers Of this
city three times prior to the day of said city cleo
uon the last insertion in each of said newspapers
to be not later than the Sd day of December next
But a failure to make such publications in any of
said newspapers shall not in any way invalidate
impair the force and efecs of the foregoing orders
or propositions
In Court of Common Council, City of New Haven
Read, report accepted, and orders passed
Approved November %, 1887.
A true copy of record.
Attest: BERNARD J. STANLEY.
n26 3t City Clerk.